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International G-61 Truck Carrying Orange Smash Soda

Date: 1920
Description: International Model G-61 loaded with Orange Smash soda and parked in middle of a city street. A man is sitting in the driver's seat. The truck was owned an...
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International Model K-41 Truck Hauling Groceries

Date: 1921
Description: Two men hauling boxes of grocery items in an International Model K-41 truck. Items in the back of the truck include Jell-O, Bon Ami cake, Warner's spaghett...
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World War I Navy Recruits

Date: 04 1917
Description: Elevated view of Navy recruits at Newport, boarding a train destined for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The printed caption indicates that they had had only eight...
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Dolbey's Ice Cream Truck

Date: 1922
Description: A driver sits behind the wheel of an International Model "L-101" truck used by Dolbey's Ice Cream.
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International Model 63 Lumber Truck

Date: 03 06 1926
Description: A man sits in the cab of an International Model 63 truck operated by the Woonsocket City Lumber Company. Stacks of lumber are arranged on the ground. Resid...
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International F-31 Royal Carbonating Co. Trucks

Date: 1921
Description: Two International model "F" or "31" trucks with male drivers, which are operated by the Royal Carbonating Company of Providence, Rhode Island. The trucks a...
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Edward Cary Bass

Date: 1915
Description: Edward Cary Bass (1836-1930), Methodist Presiding Elder of Providence, Rhode Island, and uncle of Dr. Edward A. Bass. Rev. Bass, also identified as Uncle ...
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City Wholesale Grocery Truck

Date: 03 06 1926
Description: A man is sitting behind the wheel of an International truck used by the City Wholesale Grocery Company. The truck is near the doorway of a brick building, ...
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Boat Frame on Beach

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Description: View of part of an old boat frame, presumably from a shipwreck at Point Judith. A group of people are sitting and standing near the frame of the boat on th...
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Broad Street

Date: 1905
Description: Street side view of foot traffic on Broad Street with large brick buildings. Caption reads: "Broad Street - Westerly, R.I."
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Oliver Hazard Perry

Date: 1913
Description: A composite image of Oliver Hazard Perry (8/23/1785 – 8/23/1819) a U.S. Naval Officer and "hero of the Battle of Lake Erie," with his birthplace in South K...
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Historical Marker at the Birthplace of the Rhode Island Red Chicken

Date: 1915
Description: A man and woman are sitting in a carriage that has been pulled to the side of the road. They are looking at a historical marker under a tree. The Rhode...
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United States Naval Training Station

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Description: A view of sailors marching on the South Drill Field at the Naval Station Newport, established in 1883. In the background, a warship is in the Narragansett ...
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United States Naval Training Station

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Description: A view of sailors in uniform standing between the rows of barracks of the United States Naval Training Station.
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United States Naval Training Station

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Description: A view of three boats during a boat drill at the Naval Station Newport, established in 1883. They row past the shore on which other formations of sailors e...
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United States Naval Training Station

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Description: A view of a group of sailors standing in front of large clotheslines on which naval uniforms are hanging to dry at Naval Station Newport, established in 18...
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Our Lady of the Valley

Date: 1950
Description: Two Trappist monks pray at the Stations of the Cross hanging on a hallway wall in the abbey of Our Lady of the Valley. A statue of the Madonna and Child is...
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Our Lady of the Valley

Date: 1950
Description: A Trappist monk in black robes stands in front of an arched doorway at the abbey of Our Lady of the Valley. The stone columns around him have floral capita...
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Our Lady of the Valley

Date: 1950
Description: Outdoor portrait of a Trappist monk holding a bucket of leaves or greens in one hand and carrying a sack over his opposite shoulder. Trees and a wooden str...
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Our Lady of the Valley

Date: 1950
Description: View of a hooded Trappist monk on a tractor. A large pile of hay is on the left. The Our Lady of the Valley abbey and a wooden structure are in the backgro...

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